You could always set a timer to disengage and reengage the timer after some
set period of time.  So if they sit for a week or so, then you can set a
trickle charge to bring them back up...

On 12/25/05, William Chops Westfield <westfw@mac.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 25, 2005, at 2:06 PM, Philip Pemberton wrote:
>
> >> Some NIMH cells spec ZERO overcharge, and some can handle up to C/10
> >> although they don't really like it.
> >
> > *scribbles out "maintenance charge" section of his design plan*
> >
> > Right, that's one less thing to write code for :)
> >
> Most NiMH batteries go dead through self-discharge alarmingly quickly
> (though there are supposed to be some new cells out there that improve
> this a great deal.)  If you're like me, you really want some sort of
> charger where you can go to get cells that are near full charge, and
> just leave cells in there waiting for your arrival.  If they can't
> take a maintenance charge, this makes the code MORE complicated rather
> than less complicated!
>
> BillW
>
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